Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
worldsfair | October 6, 2006The other day, I passed on a link for an Al Gore talk at a TEDtalks event, but in reality, the reason why I initially went to the site was to check out a talk by Hans Rosling. Briefly:
Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, he debunks a few myths about the "developing" world.
LINK TO TALK
You've got to check this out. His talk seriously kicks some ass, in that he does an amazing job of providing insight to a…
worldsfair | October 3, 2006This is from TEDtalks - worth a look for sure.
Click here to see the movie
worldsfair | September 21, 2006Here is an example where an artist, perhaps unknowingly even, is consuming less. A short animated movie, using only the reused, recycled, or (at the very least) the very old, that shows how aesthetics can be achieved through any means.
By someone who goes by the name of PES, who I think could be MacGyver. Worth watching (click here), as well as spending a little extra time checking out the "making of."
worldsfair | August 4, 2006Man, talk about creativity - I got this from inkycircus (Hi Anne). Truth is, I can't really say more than what the title gives away. The good stuff starts about 3 and a half minutes in.
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(PAUL BERG) PROTEIN SYNTHESIS: AN EPIC ON THE CELLULAR LEVEL - 1971
Alright, any of you readers in this video?
worldsfair | July 19, 2006Someone passed on this link to the National Film Board of Canada lately, and I've spent a good twenty minutes checking the site out. It doesn't have the "Cosmic Zoom" animation, which is one I've been after for the longest time (it's the one that goes from boy on a boat and zooms out to universal proportions, and then zooms back in, until you start seeing atoms), but it does offer 50 other short animation films which are excellent to watch if you're into that sort of thing.
One, in particular, had a good environmental angle. It's called "Air!" and has the following write-up:
"Although only…
worldsfair | June 28, 2006Yesterday, Ghana, the last remaining African team in contention, was eliminated from the World Cup. This was after a entertaining match against the heavy favourites Brazil, that ended predictably where Brazil powered over with a 3-0 victory. This followed the earlier elimination of Togo and Cote d'Ivoire in group standings the week before. It seems, like life in general, these teams just couldn't get a break.
Especially so, since for each of these teams, admission to the pinnacle event of the 'beautifiul game,' meant a little extra sanity into their society.
For instance, the team of…